Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Lanvin Spr'11/Jan Gossart 1532

Yesterday I went to a press preview of the Jan Gossart exhibit at the Met - can you see where this is headed?Lanvin's fabulous flowie drapery... Has Alber Elbaz been looking at Neatherlandish painting? Or is it just me that sees... These complex draperies... Repeated in these paintings of Jan Gossart? Scrunched...

Red pigment was such a rare commodity for artists back in the 13-14th century - vermilion or cinnabar was usually reserved for the most exquisite of painted subjects like the virgin. But here the artiste has deemed himself worthy of the finest. Is that why I seeREDeverywhere?

Thanks for the Lavin post, I loved it. I was thinking before I saw today's post if you could do something about Parisian women shoes, they wear a lot of flats and still manage to look stylish and glamorousI would like to be able to pull that off, as I can only walk in flats ;o)

Sandal and socks wearing ancient Romans were the subject of a more than tongue in cheek article this past August, by Richard Alleyne in the U.K. Telegraph Science Section:Romans wore socks with sandals, new British dig suggests"Britons may be famous for their lack of fashion sense and Italians for their style. But it appears we may have inherited one of our biggest sartorial crimes from the Romans.

Thank you Joanny!Drapery is the first thing you do at Parsons Sch of Design fashion classes and I struck out.Give me pencil and paper SVP.I was never a draper-designer...Strictly a sketcher-designer.2-D always :)

Great post, as usual, Carol. I'm crazy about the red especially. But that poor model's feet in those ridiculous shoes made me wince. She has bandages on her big toes and the skin in the crease of the shoes is red and not in a good way. Very painful looking. She is certainly 'suffering for her art'. The plump male designer reminds me of the late, great Geoffrey Beene.

I have been a long time lurker here but this is my first time to leave a comment, I think. This should be one of my favorite posts from you. Very inspired to connect the paintings with the runway. I really enjoyed this. Thanks.

wonderful post and can easily see the similarities...very neat! I have taken photos of that building by the Met with those gorgeous marble statues...do you know what that building is or just a wonderful apartment building? Would be so magic to live there and a few steps away from the wonderful Met !

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Hi I'm Carol Gillott,
My Mom taught me watercolors at 5. I'm still at it, now tripping over cobblestones, living in a 6th-floor garret on l'Ile Saint-Louis, Paris. Read Parisbreakfast with a hot chocolate and croissant.
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